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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2025

Comparative Efficacy of Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression (PLDD) and Conservative Therapy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Retrospective, Observational, Single-Center Study.

Domenico Policicchio, Benedetta Boniferro, Erica Lo Turco, Giuseppe Mauro, Antonio Veraldi, Virginia Vescio, Giuseppe Vescio, Giosuè Dipellegrini

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Domenico PolicicchioDepartment of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria "Renato Dulbecco" di Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2031-3808
Benedetta BoniferroDepartment of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria "Renato Dulbecco" di Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Erica Lo TurcoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria "Renato Dulbecco" di Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0009-0007-3745-1197
Giuseppe MauroDepartment of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria "Renato Dulbecco" di Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Antonio VeraldiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria "Renato Dulbecco" di Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Virginia VescioDepartment of Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria "Renato Dulbecco" di Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Giuseppe VescioDepartment of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria "Renato Dulbecco" di Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Giosuè DipellegriniDepartment of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

low back painlumbar disc herniationminimally invasive spine surgerypain managementpercutaneous laser disc decompression

Identifiers

PMID40565980
PMCPMC12194567

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